From The Associated Press via the Washington Post (link)
President Bush will urge Chinese President Hu Jintao to step up pressure on both Iran and North Korea to help end nuclear standoffs, administration officials said Monday. Bush, who meets with Hu on Thursday, also will bring up China’s slow efforts to make its currency more flexible.
In discussing Iran, Bush will raise China’s role as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council when the two leaders meet at the White House, said Dennis Wilder, a National Security Council official who overseas Asian affairs.
Bush will emphasize “that we need the Iranian government to assume a more responsible posture in relations to its nuclear ambitions,” Wilder told a White House briefing to preview Hu’s visit.
